The Most Peculiar Tales (Paperback or Softback)

Does your heart beat faster in the dark than in the daylight? Do your hands tingle under the touch of copper and brass? Then The Most Peculiar Tales are sure to satisfy. Six paranormal tales set in a steampunk world.Steampunk Britannia, 1872Come with me my friends, back to a time that never was, to places familiar in many ways but so peculiar in others. To a land of hope and despair, whisked by the beat of the Great Mechanization. To the cobbles of a city pumped with steam and brazen with intrigue. To a nation lost in time, imperiled by spectres from another dimension.From the pomp of The Imperial Quarter to the slums of Pritchard’s Green. From the furnaces and ironworks of The Barrens to The Theatre Macabre. Join Professor Carr and Jeremiah Boone on six amazing adventures as they unravel metaphysical mysteries, battle deranged scientists and diabolical daemons, and travel through the aether.Danger lurks, in both the known and the unknown. Bring your fear, for overcoming it will strengthen you. Bring your heart, for its passion will comfort you. But most of all, bring your wits.Your journey will be well guided, by those whose curiosity probes the foundation of our psyche and whose skills are the craft of the bizarre. Join Professor Atticus Carr, and his assistant Jeremiah Boone, as they travel the darkest alleys, and the even darker aether, to bring you The Most Peculiar Tales.The Reversible Man ...A mad scientist creates a trail of murder and larceny. Professor Carr must capture The Reversible Man before the professor is sent to the gallows for a crime he didn’t commit.Suddenville...A sleepy coastal hamlet is terrorized by daemons. Why are they abducting the villagers and can Professor Carr reach beyond our dimension to get them back?A Most Peculiar Time...The haunting of a castle requires Professor Carr to open portals to Heaven and Hell to save a family from three dueling spectres.The Darwin Room...A creature is unleashed by a twisted experiment that attempts to advance the theory of evolution. Soul Ripper...A young girl has been taken hostage and her soul ripped from her body. Professor Carr enlists the help of a most unusual psychic medium to bring the culprit to justice.Theatre Macabre...An assassin stalks the theater in a plot to kill a member of the Imperial Family. With help from a magic hummingbird, Jeremiah must intercept the anarchist before he prevails.

Charles A Cornell writes speculative fiction ranging from the mysterious to the macabre; sometimes blending science fiction, fantasy, alternative history and horror. He is a regular contributor to podcasts, seminars and conferences, and conducts webinars and workshops on his specialty, retro-punk fiction (Steampunk, Dieselpunk).


When Charles isn't trying to survive the chaos of everyday life, he's dreaming up all kinds of bat-shit crazy fiction. He specializes in science fiction, science fantasy, dieselpunk & steampunk. He's known to write award-winning mystery thrillers too! 


Charles has a BSc. degree in Metallurgy & an MBA. He worked in materials engineering, quality management, logistics &purchasing for a big name Fortune 500 company.


Charles A Cornell was born in England, raised in Canada and now lives in Florida. 
His first published novel, Tiger Paw, won the 2012 Royal Palm Literary Award for Best Thriller from the Florida Writers Association. 


His dieselpunk work, DragonFly is  a retro-futuristic collision of science fiction and fantasy with a generous dash of alternative history. DragonFly  was a 2014 Royal Palm Literary Award Finalist in Science Fiction, has received numerous Amazon Five-Star reviews, two prestigious Reader's Favorite Five Star Reviews, and won the 2018 Reader's Favorite Silver Medal in the Young Adult - Action category. 


Charles's short stories and novellas have appeared in the anthologies, The Prometheus Saga, Return To Earth and In Shadows Written. His Prometheus Saga science fiction story Crystal Night won the FWA Royal Palm Literary Award for  Best Novella in 2016.


Please visit me at CharlesACornell.com for news on my latest publications, writing projects, author signings, promotions, and giveaways; and for musings on dieselpunk and retrofuturism. Also check out my worlds of Steampunk at SteampunkNovels.com and DragonFly at DragonFly-Novels.com (featuring galleries of retrofuturistic aircraft and other illustrations from DragonFly).